Head of UX/UI — AI-Driven B2B SaaS, Hands-on

Jobgether; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Leadership role

Hands-on design

Collaboration with leadership

Ownership of UX/UI

Job summary

Head of UX/UI leadership role with end-to-end ownership of the user experience across a complex B2B SaaS platform in the Netherlands. You will lead an established design team while remaining deeply involved in hands-on product design and high-impact initiatives.

You will shape the design function, establish quality standards, and build scalable processes alongside Product and Engineering. From research and early concepts through high-fidelity designs and engineering handoff, you will influence

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional UX/UI or product design experience.
• At least 2 years leading or managing a design team.
• Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including design systems, design tokens, component libraries, variables, prototyping, and engineering handoff.
• Experience designing for multiple user types with different goals, workflows, and mental models.
• Proven ability to lead user research, synthesize findings, and translate research insights into practical design decisions.
• Comfortable using design and product metrics such as adoption, engagement, and task completion to guide priorities.
• Exceptional written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and mentor the existing design team, establishing high standards for design quality, process, collaboration, and delivery.
• Run regular design critiques and provide clear, actionable feedback that strengthens individual capabilities and creates a consistent quality bar across the team.
• Own and continuously improve the design process, including project scoping, reviews, collaboration, handoff, and measurement.
• Define future design-team structures, roles, and hiring needs, including portfolio evaluation and recruitment as the organization scales.
• Act as a key connection point between Design, Product, and Engineering, representing user needs and ensuring design decisions are understood and incorporated into product planning.
• Remain hands-on as an individual contributor, personally leading the most complex and highest-leverage design initiatives.
• Own the UX/UI vision across the full product, from early concepts and wireframes through high-fidelity designs and engineering-ready specifications.
• Design experiences for multiple user groups with distinct needs, mental models, and goals, ensuring each workflow remains intuitive, efficient, and engaging.
• Build and maintain a scalable Figma-based design system, including design tokens, components, variables, and reusable patterns.
• Own the design-to-engineering handoff process, providing sufficiently detailed specifications to ensure accurate implementation.
• Lead user research and usability testing to understand real user behavior and translate insights into meaningful product improvements.
• Identify friction points proactively and design solutions that improve usability, adoption, engagement, and task completion.
• Track and communicate the business impact of design, using product and user metrics to prioritize initiatives and demonstrate the value of UX/UI.
• Balance team leadership and individual design execution as equally important parts of the role.

Skills

UX/UI design

Team leadership

Figma

User research

Design systems

Product design

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Design tokens

Prototyping

Handoff to engineering

Job description

Head of UX/UI leadership role with end-to-end ownership of the user experience across a complex B2B SaaS platform in the Netherlands. You will lead an established design team while remaining deeply involved in hands-on product design and high-impact initiatives.

You will shape the design function, establish quality standards, and build scalable processes alongside Product and Engineering. From research and early concepts through high-fidelity designs and engineering handoff, you will influence